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Amanda

condescending controlling pragmatic polished exclusionary
Amanda leads the alpha mums, a dominant group of local mothers who orchestrate childcare swaps and casual gatherings like spag bol dinners at her home with husband Johnny. She commands her children Georgie and Manus during crises, such as an Airbnb lockout, and trades favors with Julia to manage her kids. As polished hostess, she greets with double kisses, serves wine and food, and maintains control through eye rolls and terse responses. She excludes outsiders like Liz, tolerating her briefly before ostracizing her, and ends overtures with cold stares and slammed doors.
20 appearances
Alpha mums childcare network and social hosting

Amanda's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

20 moments
S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Bartering for the Alpha Table

Pragmatic and slightly superior; she is focused on solving an operational problem while maintaining social hierarchy.

Amanda registers Julia's staged approach, assesses her credibly and accepts the offer to offload Manus and Georgie; she provides an address, sets conditions (return at six) and masks obligation with …

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Denied at the Table / A Transactional Offer
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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Breakdown by the Coin Ride — Liz's Quiet Offer

Not present; implied social pressure via Julia's mention.

Amanda is referenced by Julia as the parent of one of the children currently in her care; she does not appear but her social position (alpha mum) is implied in …

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Two Pennies, Public Unraveling

Not present; functions as an off-stage source of expectation and social calculus.

Amanda is referenced as the parent of one of the children Julia is managing; her absence and the social debt she represents add pressure to Julia's burden.

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Confessions Over Wine: Jobs, Shame and Social Lines

N/A (mentioned as an offstage social force)

Amanda is referenced by Liz as leader of the alpha mums who tolerated Liz briefly — the mention establishes the social antagonist offstage and explains Liz's ostracism.

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Mattress Jumps and Pizza Triage

Not present; represented as socially cool and exclusionary through Liz's telling.

Referenced by Liz as a social arbiter (Amanda had to tolerate me...), Amanda is not present but functions as the identified leader of the alpha-mum group that excludes Liz.

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Shunned by the Alpha Mums

Not present physically; implied to be guarded, condescending and protective of social hierarchy.

Amanda is referenced by Liz as the alpha-mums' leader who tolerated then excluded Liz; Amanda's social behaviour is invoked as the mechanism that withholds childcare support from Liz and, by …

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Kevin Steps In — A Small Kindness with Big Consequences

Not directly shown; implied to be the locus of social control — availability of her house represents social permission or its denial.

Mentioned off‑screen as the host of the 'drop in spag bol' — Amanda's household is framed as the intended destination and an available node of maternal infrastructure, though she does …

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Kevin’s Clumsy Spag‑bol Rally

Not present; inferred to be in control or at least positioned to control access to social gatherings that double as childcare resources.

Referenced by Julia and Kevin as the host of an informal 'drop‑in spag‑bol'; Amanda herself is offstage but functions as the presumed centre of the local social childcare mechanism.

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Curt Doorstep Herding — Johnny's Dismissal

Off-screen authority: implied contempt for outsiders and a desire to manage social boundaries through proxies.

Amanda is invoked as the homeowner whose territory is being defended; she does not appear physically but her presence is the reason for Johnny's gatekeeping behaviour.

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Polished Smile, Open Pot: Amanda's Tense Welcome

Composed and in control outwardly; mildly irritated beneath the smile when boundaries or proprieties are tested.

Amanda receives Julia with a practiced double kiss and a massive fixed smile, indicates the wine and that food will be served later, responds faintly annoyed to Kevin's gushing, and …

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Silent Counterpoint: Kids Enraptured as Grownups Gossip

Outwardly composed, possibly flattered by attention; privately attentive to how gossip shapes her social capital as host.

Amanda hosts the gathering, receives Johnny's slap, and occupies the centre of the social exchange as gossip about a neighbour is traded in her kitchen; she stays composed, facilitating the …

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Kitchen Rumor: Affair Revealed

Putting on a polished front; likely privately complacent that her home is the stage for enforcing the group's hierarchy.

Amanda is present as hostess while Johnny passes and slaps her; she accepts the surface civility of the gathering even as the conversation turns venomous, allowing the alpha-mum dynamic to …

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Liz Holds Up Her Reattached Finger — and Topples the Decorum

Feigning cordiality to preserve authority; beneath the mask is annoyance and a need to reassert social hierarchy.

Amanda offers forced politeness, invites Liz to stay, makes a terse comment about Liz's finger, then rolls her eyes to other mums—an attempt to maintain control of decorum while signaling …

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Flat Joke, A Middle Finger, and the Alpha Snub

Superficially calm and in control; privately impatient and dismissive, maintaining social hierarchy through small gestures.

Amanda performs hostessly politeness while managing the room: she dismisses Julia's offer with a clipped 'No, all under control', rolls her eyes at the others, and offers Liz a drink …

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Spag Bol Hierarchy — Kids Fed, Adults Forsaken

Composed and confident; an exercised dominance that reads as comfortable entitlement rather than cruelty.

Amanda places a huge pot on the counter and strictly controls serving, instructing kids to sit and ladling all portions to them; she deliberately does not prepare or offer adult …

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Affair Laid Bare — Liz Bristles

Absent in body but present as an expectant, evaluative social force — her presumed judgment looms over the room.

Implied as the host whose kitchen sofa area stages the exchange; Amanda herself does not speak, but her social authority and the rules of her home shape how the group …

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Leftovers, Omelettes and a Public Reckoning

Controlled superiority: feigned concern that functions as a social correction; privately invested in maintaining hierarchical order.

Amanda appears beside Julia, calls her out for eating from the bin, reframes the moment as hospitality by offering to cook an omelette, and announces the offer to the group …

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Street‑Side Childcare Pact — Rejected, Reclaimed

Cool, exultant control: composed on the surface, using dismissal to assert social dominance and preserve hierarchy.

Amanda ushers the group to the door, answers Julia's request with a single-word dismissal ('Eggs'), refuses to commit to Thursday, and then slams the door, physically and socially excluding Julia.

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND
Door in the Face — Julia Expelled from the Alpha Mums

Coolly dismissive; authoritative satisfaction in enforcing social boundaries and preserving her group's hierarchy.

Amanda performs a controlled, icy dismissal—answers ‘Eggs,’ declines Thursday, and slams the door—physically and socially cutting Julia off. She executes exclusion as a social enforcement move in front of the …

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Affiliation

Alpha Mums
Local Maternal Social Hierarchies and Childcare Coordination